Celebrating last-place finishes at the Olympics. Because they're there, and you're not.
Labels: athens 2004, athletics, ireland, media
I’m a blogger, editor, writer and slinger of web pages. Among other things, I’m the author of The Map Room, a blog about maps, and DFL, a blog about last-place finishes at the Olympics. When I’m not blogging, writing or correcting other people’s grammar, I raise snakes, play the piano, and look through my telescope.
| Country/NOC | #LPF | #Ath | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 6 | 33 |
| 2 | China | 6 | 80 |
| 3 | Japan | 6 | 113 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 5 | 65 |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | Poland | 4 | 50 |
| 7 | Latvia | 4 | 62 |
| 8 | Russia | 4 | 208 |
| 9 | Chile | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Austria | 3 | 101 |
| Country/NOC | #LPF | #Ath | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 13 | 518 |
| 2 | Australia | 8 | 513 |
| 3 | Poland | 7 | 215 |
| 4 | USA | 7 | 614 |
| 5 | Egypt | 6 | 106 |
| 6 | China | 6 | 416 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 70 |
| 8 | France | 5 | 342 |
| 9 | Italy | 5 | 448 |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 32 |
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| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 13 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
4 Comments:
At 4:08 AM, August 25, 2004 ,
Anonymous said...
Here's what happened to Justin Wilcock, in his own words:
http://www.pro-links.com/jdiary.php
At 5:01 AM, August 25, 2004 ,
Anonymous said...
love the site, pity i didn't hear about it earlier!
andrew
onebackpack.com
At 7:28 AM, August 25, 2004 ,
Anonymous said...
Surely Sonia shouldn't be given a last placed finish as she made it through the qualifying round. She was indeed last in the final, but not last overall.
At 10:02 AM, August 25, 2004 ,
Anonymous said...
I think everyone is missing the point with Sonia O'Sullivan's run in the 5000m final. Since she recorded a perfectly respectable time in the heats (under 15 minutes), she was clearly capable of doing better than 16:20 in the final, but when she saw that she wasn't in with a chance, she decided to bow out of international athletics with a "lap of honour".